adamncl

Hey dave, its great to see more uk members, I am new to leatherwork and lucky enough to live just around the corner from leprevo, up in newcastle. The guys there are great and have really gone out of their way to help me, offering me loads of advice and support. They have a great range and can often order stuff if they dont have it in stock, also their hardware prices are out of this world so I would definitely recommend giving them a shout. Ad

Thanks for that drac, it didnt even occur to me.

Thanks guys, thats really useful

Wow guys, thanks to everyone for such great responses, i love your work alex. You have all certainly given me a lot to think about and test out, which is great as I am enjoying learning as much as getting to any point near a finished product. Having seen some other projects on here and taken your advice into account i guess that i will be looking into an airbrush system very soon, it will give me to opportunity to produce fine colour to colour blends on the leather so I will be winning all round. The dye i hve been using just says leather dye on it so I am not sure of the type, although i think it may be alcohol based as it has warning about keeping it away from naked flames etc! My local supplier in the uk has quite a limited supplier, however, we are taking the kids to disney in six weeks so I am sure i will be able to fit in a trip to Tandy between the theme parks to check out the books you all suggested. Thanks guys

As a newbie i am still learning a lot about using leather, I went looking for some orange leather and my local supplier could not offer any help but suggested a veg tan piece and some orange leather dye. I have dyed some veg tan black with some success but at the same time tried a tan coloured dye with little success. They suggested applying the dye to damp leather with a sponge, using long sweeping strokes, which gave me a great stripey effect!!!! With a little experimentation i have added a few more coats using a soft lint free cloth, slightly dampened to the damp leather. Using a soft circular motion i seem to have obliterated some of the stripes but needless to say the colour is now much darker than i had hoped. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. I am using fieblings Leather dye which has limited colour range so any suggestions on other brands would be great along with any tips for blending colours on the leather, i had, in my innocence, thought that it would blend when being applied, however even with the leather soaked thru it just seems to soak in. Thanks guys and apologies if this has been answered somewhere else and i have missed it.

Thanks denise, am gonna have to have a word with my mum and get her baking!!

Thanks for the welcome guys, and gary, its great to now there are other UK people on here, so guess we are going to have to start the tea fund after all.

I just wanted to say hi to everyone who contributes to this great site. Having worked in fabrics for years now I have recently begun to try working with leather, so its a bit of a steep learning curve. This site has been a fantastic source of advice and guidance and also inspiration, there are so many talented people here. I hope that i will be able to make a useful contribution to the site in the future, but in the meantime a big thanks to Johanna and all the guys who helped to get the site back online so quickly. Adam